After School, Generation Z, and the Localization of Anonymous Expression

Broadly speaking, there are bullies and there are the bullied. Some people might suggest they are both — but most of us were among the latter camp while back in high school. Our memories can serve up painfully detailed recollections being publicly chided by some kid or other as friends stood idle and teachers looked the other way.Read the full article

thewire.com - 3 readers - Today on The Cut, high school senior Will Haskell explains how the anonymous, hyper-local gossip app Yik Yak brought his school "to a halt." In the grand tradition of confession sites like Juicy Campus, one girl at the school got the worst of the anonymous hate spewed by her peers.